CHAPTER 42

  Natalie

  One Year Later

  Timing is everything.

  After I declared that Noah and I were done and over, Noah found out the truth. His mother, Cynthia, had bribed the doctor into giving him a false paternity test answer.

  Emma is one-hundred percent his daughter.

  But are we together? No. I decided that Noah and I together would lead to a toxic relationship. I expected too much from him, and it felt like he was forcing himself to like me for Emma's sake.

  Today I'm happily engaged to Alaric Caspen, the lawyer I dated before Noah whisked me away. I'm happy with him, content. He makes me feel safe. I'm pregnant again, and we are soon getting married.

  But he isn't Noah.

  I will never admit it to anyone other than myself, but Noah isn't someone I will forget. Noah is the father of my child, of whom we have shared custody over. He is a hurricane that swept into my life and changed me for the better.